0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/8/2009
Doing a Sunday linkage thing for you today. Let’s get to the links now. Mike Reynolds of Multichannel News writes that the Versus-DirecTV dispute remains at an impasse, but talks could get jump started soon. Mike reports that Setanta Sports US has signed for exclusive rights to several worldwide rugby tournaments. Wayne Friedman of Mediapost […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/7/2009
Let’s give you some links on this Saturday. Writing for Indiana University’s National Sports Journalism Center, Dave Kindred says sportswriters can be a tough and fighting lot. The New York Times’ Richard Sandomir writes the life of the late Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi is heading to the Great White Way. Alan Pergament of […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/6/2009
Time once again to provide the Friday megalinks. Lots of links to get to. Don’t forget to check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for your sports and primetime viewing. To the links. National A few stories from USA Today. Michael Hiestand speculates on a combined Comcast/NBC Sports juggernaut. Hiestand says a NASCAR spokesman took ESPN/ABC […]
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I’m posting this to give a little jab to my friend, Megan Marshall whose Yankees won the World Series. She’s been getting more media attention recently in Philadelphia as she is a diehard Yankees fan living in the outskirts of Philly. Megan appeared on a podcast from Philly rock station, WYSP and today, WCBS-TV from […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/5/2009
It really does. Consider what the ratings could have been had we had one more game tonight, they would have gone through the roof. Maybe not Super Bowl numbers, but you’re talking somewhere in the neighborhood of Sunday’s numbers which were about American Idol ratings there. Well, Fox has this summary of its ratings for […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/2/2009
This just in, Fox continues to crow about the ratings for the World Series and its very good ratings. Last night, the average audience for Game 4 was almost 23 million viewers and those are American Idol numbers at its peak. Tremendous ratings for the World Series and of course, Philadelphia and New York helped […]
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The links are here for you. Let’s go over them. Lots of good stuff. Starting with Bob Kimball of USA Today who discusses Fox NFL Sunday heading to Afghanistan and the World Series. To Sports Business Journal where we have a few stories for you today. John Ourand has a column where he talks about […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 11/1/2009
MLB would love to see the Yankees in the Fall Classic every year if it can result in ratings like this: TV VIEWERSHIP FOR 2009 WORLD SERIES UP +46% THROUGH THREE GAMES Last night’s 8-5 win by the Yankees over the Phillies in Game Three of the 2009 World Series was seen by 15.4 million […]
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On this rare day when all four major sports leagues are playing, we have our Sunday links. David Maril of the Brockton (MA) Enterprise says he’s like to see local announcers on the World Series TV broadcasts just like in the old days. Bob Raissman from the New York Daily News feels Joe Buck and […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/31/2009
Let’s do some links right now while I can. We’ll start with Stephen Wilson of the Associated Press who writes that the International Olympic Committee plans to start the US TV rights bidding for the 2014/2016 Games after the Vancouver Winter Olympics next year. Joe Lemire of Sports Illustrated says umpires can blame increased scrutiny […]
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I have some baseball-centric press releases here. Let’s get to them. First, MLB is really happy about the World Series ratings. 2009 WORLD SERIES ATTRACTING BIG AUDIENCES Game Two of the 2009 World Series on FOX registered 18.9 million viewers, a 48% increase over last year’s Game Two viewership, and was the most watched Game […]
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With baseball ending its season with the World Series, it’s time to do the 1st Ever Fang’s Bites MLB TV Awards. This follows the 1st Ever Fang’s Bites Tennis TV Awards, the 1st Annual NHL TV Awards, the College Football TV Awards and the NFL TV Awards. I hope to do a College Basketball TV […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/30/2009
Time for the Friday Megalinks as usual. Let’s get to these while we can. You can always check out the Weekend Viewing Picks for the sports and primetime viewing for Saturday and Sunday. Let’s go to the links. National USA Today’ Michael Hiestand says we may have not have seen the last of Steve Phillips […]
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Face it, you may hate the Yankees, but you watch them. Another World Series game which made a ratings gain from the year before and it’s a very nice gain. A big 44% jump from last year’s Game 2 between the Phillies and Tampa Bay. Check it out. WORLD SERIES GAME 2 DOMINATES PRIME TIME […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/29/2009
I’m going to give you some links today. If I get motivated later today, I’ll give you my 1st Ever Baseball TV and Radio Awards. It’s my way of giving you more content besides the links and press releases. In fact, I’m hoping to give you more original articles as more and more newspapers close […]
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Here’s another Fox Sports release, this one concerning the overnight ratings for Game 1 of the World Series which are up from last year. Phillies-New York with two of the Northeast’s biggest markets did better than last year’s Phillies-Tampa Bay. Here’s the release. WORLD SERIES GAME 1 +29% OVER ‘08 Second Highest Game 1 of […]
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I saw a few more releases to post. First from MLB, we have the announcement of who’s singing the national anthem before tonight’s World Series Game 2. JOHN LEGEND TO PERFORM NATIONAL ANTHEM PRIOR TO GAME TWO OF THE 2009 WORLD SERIES Five-time Grammy Award winner John Legend will sing the National Anthem at Yankee […]
0 comments by Ken Fang on 10/28/2009
Now that I’ve finished my paperwork, I’ll do some links for you. Beginning with the Nielsen Ratings Wire blog, it says this year’s World Series should give Fox some big market appeal and with that, ratings. USA Today’s Michael Hiestand talks with Fox Sports MLB director Bill Webb about his approach to this year’s World […]
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Just got this in from MLB Network, that Bob Costas will be putting his interviewing skills to work before Games 1 and 2 of the World Series. Check out this release: BOB COSTAS INTERVIEWS WITH JETER, POSADA, RIVERA, SABATHIA, ROLLINS, HOWARD & LEE TO AIR ON MLB NETWORK Interviews to Air During MLB Tonight: World […]
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We have a couple of things for you baseball-wise. From MLB Network, we have two programs of note on Friday, one involving Bob Costas and another one looking back at the 1984 San Diego Padres. MLB NETWORK TO DEBUT STUDIO 42 WITH BOB COSTAS: THE EARTHQUAKE WORLD SERIES & MLB PRODUCTIONS’ TRIUMPH AND TRAGEDY: THE […]
